She mistakenly got into the bridal sedan chair and married a sickly but powerful minister, becoming

Chapter 263 Divorce Wife

Shen Mingzhu's heart, torn in two, was crushed by Zhao Jue's cold and ruthless words.

Her expression was panicked, and her eyes were brimming with tears as she pleaded, "Third Master, I'm carrying your child, you can't divorce me."

Over this period of time, she has come to see through Zhao Jue.

This man is cold-hearted and heartless.

Even so, she held on to him tightly.

She was all alone, with no family to rely on. If she were divorced, she would have nowhere to live and would have to endure the judgment of the world.

Shen Mingzhu had had enough of the hard life and never wanted to live like before again.

“Shen Mingzhu, my child doesn’t need a stupid and vicious mother.” Zhao Jue sneered, “The child probably doesn’t want to be born into your womb either, so neither of them can be kept.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Mingzhu felt a surge of intense hatred.

If he hadn't divorced his wife and remarried, how could she have lost the child in her womb?

This man actually turned around and blamed her for being stupid and vicious, and unworthy of being a mother.

It's like tearing her heart out.

"Zhao Jue, if I'm not worthy to be the child's mother, are you worthy to be the child's father?"

Provoked, Shen Mingzhu said emotionally, "You and I are the same kind of people. I don't deserve to have children, and you don't deserve to have offspring either."

Zhao Jue's face suddenly darkened. Too lazy to deal with Shen Mingzhu anymore, he took the doctor's pen and ink, wrote a letter of divorce, and threw it at Shen Mingzhu.

“Our relationship was a mistake from the start. If I could, I would rather not have brought you back to the capital.”

Zhao Jue said coldly, "From this day forward, our marriage is over."

"I disagree. I'm carrying your child. Even if we take this to the authorities, you can't divorce me!"

Shen Mingzhu jumped off the bed and said hysterically, "Zhao Jue, you married me, and you'll never get rid of me unless I die!"

Seeing Shen Mingzhu's frantic state, Zhao Jue noticed the madness in her eyes, a desperate rage, and her last bit of patience ran out.

He ordered, "Mother Liu, throw her out."

Liu Mama, a rough maid in the mansion, heard Zhao Jue's words and hurriedly went into the house, restrained Shen Mingzhu's hands, and forcefully dragged her out.

Shen Mingzhu felt a bone-chilling cold, and her whole body went cold.

Zhao Jue's ruthlessness exceeded her expectations; disregarding the child in her womb, he abandoned her from the Zhao family.

Shen Mingzhu struggled desperately: "Zhao Jue, you are so heartless and ungrateful, you will be punished... mmm..."

The rough old woman stuffed a handkerchief into Shen Mingzhu's mouth, dragged her to the front door, and shoved her out forcefully.

Shen Mingzhu's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground with a thud.

She gasped in pain and lay on the ground for a while before slowly getting up.

Looking at the empty street, Shen Mingzhu suddenly felt like a withered leaf that had fallen from its branch and was drifting aimlessly, without roots or anything to rely on.

She glared resentfully at the Zhao family mansion. The man she had thought would grow old with her had abandoned her completely, just as he had abandoned Shen Qingtan.

A light rain began to fall from the gray sky, soaking Shen Mingzhu completely.

Shen Mingzhu was completely unaware and walked forward aimlessly.

Suddenly, the rain stopped overhead.

Shen Mingzhu stopped and looked at the pair of cloud-patterned shoes that appeared in front of her.

The cloud-patterned shoes are exquisite, with ruyi patterns embroidered in gold and silver threads and inlaid with pearls the size of rice grains, exuding extreme luxury.

Her gaze shifted upwards, finally settling on Shen Qingtan's face, and the hatred in her heart burst forth.

If she grew up in the Marquis's mansion, then she and Zhao Jue were childhood sweethearts.

Zhao Jue wouldn't look down on her for growing up in the countryside and being inferior to Shen Qingtan in every way.

So heartlessly and cruelly he divorced her, leaving her alone and destitute in the future.

"Are you here to laugh at me?" Shen Mingzhu regarded Shen Qingtan as a thorn in her side and said with a ferocious expression, "If you hadn't stolen my identity, I would have grown up in the Marquis's mansion, and Zhao Jue would have liked me instead of treating me so cruelly."

Shen Qingtan said calmly, "You think you're not good enough, that's why Zhao Jue doesn't like you."

She said cryptically, "Then do you know who Yue Niang, whom Zhao Jue married today, is?"

Shen Mingzhu had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, she heard Shen Qingtan say unhurriedly, "Yue Niang is a courtesan at Chunfeng Tower, and also the darling of the Second Master."

"No...not possible."

Shen Mingzhu was greatly shocked. She had always been ashamed of her background and believed that Zhao Jue disliked her because she grew up in the countryside and was not as outstanding as the daughters of noble families.

But when Shen Qingtan told her that Zhao Jue would rather marry a prostitute than have her, her psychological defenses completely collapsed.

"You lied to me on purpose. You just can't stand to see me doing well, and you're deliberately trying to provoke me. I won't let you get away with it."

Shen Mingzhu gritted her teeth: "Shen Qingtan, Zhao Jue abandoned me for another woman, and I've followed in your footsteps. Aren't you very proud of yourself?"

“You’re wrong about that.” Shen Qingtan tilted the oil-paper umbrella in her hand toward Shen Mingzhu: “It wasn’t Zhao Jue who abandoned me, but rather I who chose Second Master.”

“I recognized Second Master as soon as I got off the bridal sedan chair. I was willing to marry him.”

Shen Qingtan smiled and said, "I can expose him before the wedding ceremony and set things right. Zhao Jue is a fickle man who doesn't deserve my trust. Since you've gone to such lengths to get him, then I'll give him to you."

Shen Mingzhu was dumbfounded. She had always thought that their plan had succeeded, but little did she know that Shen Qingtan had known all along.

And going with the flow, she married Zhao Yi.

“Zhao Jue divorced you, so you have nowhere to go, right?” Shen Qingtan handed her the key to a villa: “To thank you for bringing together my marriage with Second Master, I’m giving you this villa.”

This villa is the same villa where Shen Qingtan was burned to death in her previous life.

After Zhao Jue's clan was expelled, the villa fell into Shen Qingtan's hands.

She now gives it to Shen Mingzhu, hoping that Shen Mingzhu will not let her down.